Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-05-16
WOULD Be A WIDOW.
FREAK OF A CALIFORNIA HEIRESS.

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an" interesting account o' ti'e i'''i'' N'''''
marriage contracted by young lady O
wealth and social position with a poor con
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is printed by the Examiner, Of this city.
rh.. youp,, lady is Miss Lilly +. Brown
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her, she received fortune OF 9"o,W" from
her fathers estate. The possession of the
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upon young splnSter5 ny Socfd c"hNeh
tionalities.
w,n.l;rircott bo Rrrnsyicl, Uouse i,
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o''kI'''''' Sne P'o9"Seu u y 'ii'i''' u "'''"
also stopping there, that they take pleas
urc trip TO the l0Semlte together.
The widow asscnted, suggesting that II
they could both travel ~ widows their en-
ioymcnt of the trip would lie greatly en-
HANGED. "A widow" she slyly imsnuated,
can 90 about with freedom, tlirt and have
lots of fun; but a young girl has to he 81
careful"
Miss Brown was greatly taken by the
idea. Black would certainly become heI
blonde beauty. she knew. If one could
only become a widow without first hcin., a
wife, she siuhed.
Another friend. Captain Richard Apgar,
who lived with his wife at the hotel, was
taken into the ladies confidence. When
apprisrd of the ambition of the young
hcirrss. Inc laughed and said
"Why, nothing could he easier. There
are hundreds OF men dying in San Fran
cisco all the time. I'll lind you one.
The would be widow hailed the captain 5
brilliant idea with delight. lie proved rs
good ~ his word. Going to DIR. Arson
4. Du Puy, a friend of his he asked that
physician if he knew of a man not likely
To live more than couple of weeks who
would be willing To marry a rich maiden
DESTROYS of changing her state to that of a
charming young widow.
IL have Just the man. said DR. Du
Puy. "Frank Mckee, Il young printer,
whom | am treating for consumption, is
almost dying. only your young lady
will have to hurry the nuptials, for he may
not last two days. ~
Next day the marriage was performed al
the doctors Office by Justice of tn,
Peace. After the ceremony the almost un
conscious groom was taken back home and
put to bed.
Since then his bride has been impatient.
| ~ waiting for him to die. She has even
provided sums amounting to $1,000 Il
defray the expenses of his supposedly shOrt
remaining span of life and of first claS
| funeral when he died. Dr. Du Puy's in
tereSting patient, being provided with al
the Injuries and delicacies he.craved out o
the money, has evinced a strange and per
sistcnt inclination to disappoint all TN,
rvnrct,tiuns built unon fine stranye mar
riar, s, far from DIVING he has prowr
slant and stronu. and evidently has no in
tention orim>clialely dcparting this val,
or tears
Naptinu his bride ON the streets n few
weeks ago, he assured her of his abidin.
love and expressed desire that his happi
ness should he crowned by their living to
gether. To this Mrs. Mckee returned au
| indignant refusal. Though the unreason
able man insisted on living in violation o
the understanding that he should dit
Speediiy she did not dare to resist his ap
peal for funds. The secret OF the marriag,
was well kept all this time, though ;
blackmailer had tried to bleed the heireS,
by threats of making it public. On ap
pealing to counsel she found that she roulC
do nothing to extricate herself from tn,
dilemma While her husband lived she
was his wife, and although she could re
fuse to live with him she could not Obtain
divorce.
4 reporter calling ON Mrs. Mckee yes
terday witnessed strange scene. Their,
was a soft knock at the door, and the lady
rising to open it, much to her surprise wa
confronted by her husband. lie slid int
a chair with weary, remOrSetul look. Hi
wife withdrew few feet, and, surveying
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